The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 29, 1918, Page 1

MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY THE | Sammy Gets _ Excited at Big Honor _ French Laud Americans for '_ Heroic Resistance Against Strong Enemy Attacks IS THRILLING SCENE BY FRANK J, TAYLOR United Press Correspondent WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, April 28. —The 101th regiment and 1ttnd Massachusetts men received the croix de guerre today on « hill side a few miles from the trenches, for bravery and valor in repelling the German attack on Apremont wood (Toul sector) during three days in March. This was the first American regi Ment to receive the French war cross. All the traditions of Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord were upheld by these modern “Minute Men.” It was an inspiring sight as the regiment, during the ceremony formed three sides of a square ing vacant spaces for the en comrades The regimental band played Star-Spangled Banner” and the sellaise.” The Crosses were pinned on the by French and American gen: eral officers, who shook the hand of each recipient. The entire regiment | then marched by the hill crest, with | band playing and Old Glory wav- pthe best flag in the world, “ exclaimed a young lieutenant. & Guil day in the trenches, s0/ ae infantry was concerned. but Gull boom of American and Ger man guns furnished a fitting obligato | for the impressive ceremony Doughboy Faints ‘The French general, while pinning Crosses on the men's tunica, spoke to each of them. “Smile; it's nothing against you,” he told one doughboy. } ‘The man was so excited he fainted. | Rev. J. B. Des Valles, of Worces- ter, a chaplain, was among those dec. rated. He carried some wounded ™men back under shell fire. ‘The citation read “This regiment showed, during the battles of March 10, 12 and 13, the me audacity and a fine spirit of cpabjectea to very violent bom bardments and attacked by very im Pertant German forces, it succeeded | iN checking a dangerous advance ook positions at the point of bayonet. taking prisoners dnd a{ few demolished trenches trom which | it had fallen back in the first as | sault.” YANKS FIGHTING WITH FRENCH ON NORTHERN FRONT a. FRED 8S. FERGUSON | ited Preas Correspondent w ITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN NORTHERN FRANCE, April 29.—American forces are now fighting beside the French in Northern France, holding a sector in the heart of the world's greatest battle. This announcement is now possible after three weeks’ silence re the movement of troops. ¥, machine The Mar arding gun ‘anches of the serv The Americans f. the German army at the peak of ' German salient. The outposts are| only 200 yards apart at some places. | points the American posi are maintained in shell holes. | Sector Taken Over fee are in line. At some tions soon as all troops and guns in position the sector was for taken over from the French American commander who is 1 French corps commander expressed the greatest confidence in ( the French leadership. { The entire country is open and rolling, with very few woods or oth er nereening facilities and no The War Situation , A 8 fe Today Is But Not BY €. © LYON Star Reporter With Gen Pershing's Army WITH THE AME ARMY IN FRANCE, April 29 The general military situation serious, but not alarm: It inconceivable that Germany can strike any harder than she bas already. struc the Western front. The allies bh withstood ‘them, and their will to win is indomitable. Ut is the opinion of military ex perts who know about this war game than | do that thy world conflict either will end within a very few months or else will drag on for «a long time—perhaps a year or two more, Germany's sole idea of putting on the greatest offensive of the entire war was to crush the Brit ish and French armies at a sin gle biow and put them t of business before the full strength of America could be thrown in the balance on their side SUFFERING IS KEEN AMONG MAN P The morale of the ple waa such that military machine was fo: strike when it did. Every report out of Germany points to the keenest suffering among the civil populations; a dire shortage of food, seant clothing allow- ances, improper medical atten tion, widespread afeKness and an death n peace alarming Russian and brought only partial returns. It will be months before either country can begin furnishing Germany with an appreciable Quantity of food The only im mediate result favorable to the central powers was to release vast bodies of troops for service on the Western front The German people are sick and tired of the war, and vic- tories over weaker foes, such as Russia and Rumania, raised their spirits only momentarily, because they always came back to a realization that the war would not be won until their ar. mies had conquered the British and French. THE BIG OFFENSIVE HAS NOT CRUSHED THE ALLIES. Every day sees them in better shape to withstand any addition al blows that Germany may strike. A year from now Germany may have less chance of succeed ing in a big offensive than she has now MILITARY MACHINE FAILS TO DELIVER PROMISED VICTORIFE: Many wine observers of the situation profess to believe that Germany, having failed to over a knockout on the will very voon be seeking pe thru diplomatic channels. Over- tures might be expec any time. The ¢ tary mac has fal liver to the German people, longing for peace, the military victory it has promising them for so ted to come rman miil nd to de w great been long ine STRIKE AMONG TELEGRAPHERS LOOMING HERE Six Western Union telegraph. ers have been locked out because they attended a union organi: tion meeting in Arcade hall Sun- day, according to James Duncan, secretary of the Central Labor Council. A special meeting of the union operators has been called for Monday night to discuss the sit- uation. A strike may be called that will tie up the wires, 4 gem Approximately 100 operators of the The entire problem is one of open| Western Union joined the Commer. fighting. ‘The boche artillery which | cial Telegraphers’ Union of America is active in shelling all roads and | Sunda villages within range in visible from| Ay, Postal operators were already ee en PO members, it was reported Altho the French characterized) sfany declare they are ready, witt this sector as “quiet,” the present | others thruout the country, to strike fire ts the heaviest the Americans | ror the right to organize and bargain have yet faced, he wkiew aro | ouccuvely oe y night with the flash of | Western Union officials could not 4 he air quivers with the jj. reached Monday morning to con leslie rtlllery and exploding| ttm or de! y_ Dune an’ statement that six me d been locked ou amine sxvindves poind the ile Was Certain rican lines, the soldiers dive into; «1 am certain of.my statement,” the shallow cover of ditches and puncan said. “The six men were } 5 «lates told their services were no longer One American outfit carried its | pemded flag into the front line. Altho furled phe right to organize ix the only er rroor case, O16 Glory i These men were fired because 4 | 2552) jffemmatretalind attended a nveting. The com pany i« attempting to dictate where employes can spend their Sunday af > ternoons” Henry M, White, U. 8. immigra- Serious, Alarming Assuming er . handwriting on the wall, the ot vious reault will be that the war must go on, becau allies are positively int od to make any pe 1 leave militartem pe in the France was never so mill tant as ne Under the lead ership of the new premier, Clemenceau, the country has put to rout its bands of de featists and pacifixts and ev ery ounce of energy in the country is being directed into war channels. It in beyond belief that France would make a separate peac and throw the burden of th struggle on Great the Un Rta ane ssible for the army whip the French arm Likewise Great Britain is « lent and defiant, The puniet nt she has recelved in the big rman offensive was hardly unlooked for by the Britieh peo ple, who had figured for months that practically the whole weight of the German army on the western front would be thrown against them Overwhelmed by vastly larger forces, the British retired, doing so they went back f6o! foot, coot and orderiy, all the while inflicting on the Germans lomwex greater than were ever suffered by any other army dur ing thls or any other w Roth the Britien and the French today stand in an att tude of confidence in thelr abil ity to hold the German hordes at bay until the United States can come forward with enough bayonets to decide the war French to me the other day. “Now is the hour that we need your men, What you may be able to do for our cause and your own cause in the next year or two years Is wll very well, bat NOW IS THE HOUR WE NEED you!” The British, French and Italians are going hold but the feeling that permeates all three camps in that America must come quickly with enough men to count It may develop statesman declared the to on into a race be tween American soldiers on the one hand. ded for the allied lines, and Russian and Ru manian foodstuffs, headed for German consumption Which will win? To MY Own WAY OF THINKING, IT IS GOING TO DEFEND ON AMERICA HOW LONG THE WAR LASTS. OUR ALLIES ARE WAIT ING Rh US, AND WON'T QUIT, ¥ L THEY CAN DEPEND ON | A WRIGHTY RESPONSIBIL, ITY RESTS ON AMERICA Defense Council Votes Approval : } Star Smoke Fund “Our Boys in F bacco Fund,” for which 7 ix the representative here, is in every way praiseworthy.” ac cording to the King county coun cll of def At itn meeting on April 26 the ) defense coun e the smoke { fund a vote of approva tion commins and Jabor for the government Sunday meeting Urges Arbitration He urged them, in case of ences with the compan ly, and attempt to reach an ami settlement by arbitration, an the government would then r joner spoke a REATE differ agent t the nize them, He reminded them that the strike would tle up many war tivities You are not to be denied the right to organize and bargain collects he said it. Walsh, representative of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, and Secretary Duncan also 6 HOLLAND YIELDS SAND TO KAISER LONDON from The land has mand re is un ply of Ap Hague declare that ded to Germany's ling sand and gravel tood, however, that and gravel for Ge 1 and patehs He de It he sup rmany [Js to, be limited, and that it shall not be used for military purposes. The Seattle Star DAILY ATTLE, WASH., CIRCULATION OF ANY PA NIGHT EDITION Te moderate fair; nds. Tuesday terly ¥ t and we Weather Forecast: cooler tonight PE IN THE PACIFIC APRIL NORTHWEST a ONE CENT PYgeaee MONDAY, , 29, 1918. PRICE ALLY LINE -ISROCKED AT YPRE WASHINGTON, April 29. — Tw American transports were damaged in collision at sea, the navy department al | nounced. Both vessels have returned f ly to an Atlantic port, and no lives are ré | ported lost. peti bay ment The German drive in Flanders has been resumed, a lull of 24 hours. After a complete cessation of infantry operations on entire battle front, following the fighting of Friday, |burg struck northward against Ypres Saturday The official statements of yesterday show the Bi still holding the enemy at Voormezeele, two miles south Ypres, while the French are successfully defending | The only progress made by the Germans was a_ | tary retirement by the British east of Ypres, cited in day's official statement of the German war office. retirement evidently was made on a front of about miles, extending from Langemarck southward to and is only a slight recession from the former retiz along this line. The Germans claim to have occupied a mile and a half due east of Ypres. South of the Somme there is artillery activity Villers-Bretonneux southward to the Luce river. AMERICANS IN BATTLE The French war office reports the repulse of German attacks ing heavy bombardments in the Chemin Des Dames, St. Mibiel and ville wectors. American troops hold positions in each of these sectors. 7 | | An unnamed French officer is quoted as declaring that Foch is SANTX | | Med with the r t which the allies are killing Germans and is not a #7 ER FELD ) | ready to strike. The officer said the alien “have the boche whére MORMONS PLAN HUGE CAMPAIGN FOR POLYGAMY NEW YORK, April 29.—A tre us drive for world wide polyg amy will be my by the Mormon hurch immediately after the war rding to Dr L. Mills, super intendent of the frontier department of the home mission we of the Methodist Episcopal chusch, who has just returned from several years work among the Mormons at Salt Lake City Just as soon as the war is over Dr. Milla they are to make tremendous drive to xpread po t they re alize that the surplus of women over me bellig erent countries will han op tunity for their propaganda never had before “It is to find « of preparation on their part for a world le, For the they eany evidenc non a time in their branching out This year they and elaborate Hawa! Canada Another yew world relig 1 two ne in the berta will fi temple one an islands and one in that the Mor a world cam larger seale than ir press bureau nding out gned to break down preju Mormonism and to fa le with the {dea o: mons preparing palen vant r attempted, in activity of the the which | At work dice againat miliarize polygamy A campaign of unusual vigor In be half of the Mormon church has also m ed itself in Seattle recently Several street corner meetings have en held CALLAGHAN ON TRIAL BEFORE JUDGE FRATER King went on tr Superior Jud) Monday morn The morn-| afternoon | aghan loner James J. ¢ y comm before a jur Frater's department ing, charged with graft ing and a tion of the was required for the empanelment of | the jur | Callaghan ix charged with havi issued fraudulent orders on a cery store belonging to Lester Gan: | dolpho. Gandolpho is named a codefendant in the trial and is said! to ha been aware of the charity commissioner's alle defalcati ‘The state has called 28 witr to testify against Callagh: of them are charity wi of the county who had direct dealings with him | The court room was packed at the | opening of the trial ny people be Ing unable to get seats Attorneys John 5, Dore and Wm rm. Bell are appearing for Callaghan Deputy Prosecutors Frank Helsell | and Sam Brackett are appearing for the state. want him and there is no doubt we can keep him there a great longer than is healthy for him. Foch told Clemenceau as much as a manth ago to ‘wait,’” the off said 1 A United Press dispatch from the British front bears out Foch’s that Hindenburg is suffering tremendous losses. The dispatch sald @ the Germans already have used 155 of their 200 divisions on the front; that the 1919 class already is in the line and that the 1920 ol awalting the call VOTE FOR FUEL ADMINISTRATOR Who ought to be the new fuel administrator for thie state? ecutive secretary to Oh national fuel administrator, Dr H A. Garfield, is a lawyer, a large realty owner and a capitalist John C. Higgins, fuel administrator for King county, is a corpora: lawye + David Botting, district representative of the fuel administra- tion, wan secretary of the Coal Operators’ association until he secured the present appointment LONDON, April 29.—The . as The Star sugests that, under these circumstances, the new mans were striking on the en- fuel administrator ought to come from the ranks of the averag tire Flanders batile front today, L CYCL consumer, who is not now officially represented in the fuel ad Field. Marshal Haig reported to- ministration of thin state. day. How would you vote on this proposition? Herewith i« a bal ! From Meteren to Voormeteele, SWEEPS FRENG lot 1 it out and send it to David Whitcomb, secretary a distance of more than ten The United States fuel administration, who will remain in Seattle miles, infantry attacks were de- for the next few days. veloping under cover of a ter- It will be Whitcomb who will probably have the naming of rific bombardment of high ex- LINE IN his successor plosive and gas shells, BOB DAVE Weitootb, loosen cccsccccegeoes 1918 The southern part of the Flanders Sec. U. 8. Fuel Administration theatre from Givenchy to Nieppe Arcade Bidg., Seattle. forest, a ten-mile front, was also un- Dear Sir; For fuel administrator of the state of Washing Ger heavy artitiety fire ton, I as follows: (Mark a cross for your choice.) At the same time the enemy began 2} shelling the British lines on the ten region, For a corporation lawyer................. mile front between Lens and Arras,/ all last night, reported a violent, constituting about half of the sector! pombardment, beginning early KF A oe vate Le) separating the Flanders and Picardy| | today. or a mine owner or operator..... bap take battlefronts. \ Later an S. 0. S. signal, indk A heavy bombardment with} eating an attack and calling om For an average consumer explosive and gas shells was! the artillery for support, Nokes terest <1 by the enemy this morning up from this part of the line. whole front from Meteren to Two similar calls were re Name Haig 8 Infantry ceived from the region of Ypres © developin, and later from Locre. Address South of Albert and in the neigh} At 3 a, m. the Germans began @ borhood of Neuville-Vitasse, we con-| hurricane bombardment of the Brite uy ducted successful raids last night,/ish and French lines from Ypres ENROLLMENT OF FORMER CZAR’ taking prisoners and four machine] south to the Lys § guns Various allied givisions sent up & ‘The hostile tack in the neigh-| O, 8. rockets. borhood of Locre, reported yesterday | At 5 a, m, the shelling became @x+ afternoon was repulsed by rifle and) traordinarily intense, The Germans Py 1‘ machine gun fire | were opening fire by sectors, begine | “Hostile artillery is active from| ning at the north | river to Lens. It is also] As this is cabled, it is too early to E | IS NEW RUMOR netl between Givenchy and the! day to describe any of the devel Nieppe Forest ments Enrollment of the boys of Se COPENHAC April 29—While Reeg Tea riis PUNE | cine Upahisea ce War thee yr is in danger, men and eae aie Ge eae ee Balan women of Seattle. It may fall this distric will be organized | There are also persistent rumors that Grand Duke Into n registered army of patriot into the hands of the enemy any mo- Alexis Nikolae ie south between the ages of 15 | viten, son of the former czar, hax | Ment. And then? More than ever will mont: etic ayer. Shey Wal beep we need team work. More than ever ost needed the nation where to win the war. with this is will we need every ounce of energy to stem the Hun hordes. On the other side included a par : er” tnose tev 1nd SAYS GERMANY *: > soldiers ‘vill give their lives. On ing reer doen not pertain neces: NOW PLANNING || this side we must furnish the soldiers INDIA INVASION | | SAN FRANCISCO, April Foil ed in her plan to foment a revolt in | India, Germany now is planning to with ammunition and with food. Say, Mr. Man, have you given ALL you could? Have you bought ALL the Liberty work, but applies to anything that is done in the spirit of patriotic service directly or indirectly of aid to the nation’s war }) ledge Boys’ Energy | invade that territory via the Caspia . Hivery hor will be pledged to use| seu with an army of 100,000 nen ae ff Bonds you could? These questions you Il his time to the utilization of his! cording to Lieut. Col, I, Thora | * Moret Uint power, whereser ic muy of the Rrituh arms, who 'wectasec | Must answer to your conscience — and be, to help the nation Franeiseo today | wiikey ‘oe Bese enrol they will be The Germans are working on the} let your answer be that of a 100 per cent given an opportunity to express how | assumption that the antt-British ele American. they beat ab y | ment in India would join the invad- (Continued on page 9) ing army.